Leadership
The members of the Board of Directors of the International PNH Interest Group are recognized experts in the care and management of PNH.
Together, they bring to IPIG a vast depth and breadth of knowledge about PNH and related conditions. Board members are elected for a three-year term by the membership at the Annual Meeting of Members, and are eligible to serve two successive terms. To ensure adequate member representation, at least one director is elected from each of three geographic areas: Europe, Japan/Asia-Pacific, and North America.
The current members of the Board are:
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Peter Hillmen
MB, ChB, PhD, Chairman
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Leeds
United Kingdom -
Taroh Kinoshita
PhD, Secretary
Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
Osaka University
Osaka
Japan -
Petra Muus
MD, PhD
University Medical Centre
Radboud University
Nijmegen
Netherlands -
Shinji Nakao
MD, PhD
Cellular Transplantation Biology
Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science
Kanazawa
Ishikawa
Japan -
Charles J. Parker
MD, Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City
Utah
USA -
Gérard Socié
MD, PhD
Hôpital Saint-Louis
Paris
France -
Russell E. Ware
MD, PhD
Texas Children’s Center for Global Health
Houston
Texas
USA -
Neal S. Young
MD, Treasurer
Washington DC
USA